Marrying on the Half Hour Superstition

This afternoon a wedding booked for next January at a ceremony start time of 6:30pm. I found it kind of odd, because 6pm or 7pm on the hour is typically more popular. I mentioned it to Lela, who said she’d heard it was a superstition that it was good luck to get married on the half hour. As a google addict (I probably google “what does ___ mean” twenty-five times a day), a message board thread on The Knot confirmed the superstition. Evidently, the big hand moving up towards the 12 is better luck than it moving down towards the 6.